With a strong background in garment technology, product development, and merchandising, I bring a holistic approach to creating high-quality womenswear, lingerie, swimwear, and shapewear. My expertise spans from fabric selection to fit optimization and customer communication, ensuring that each product not only meets design and quality standards but also aligns with market needs and consumer preferences.🔍 Fabric & Construction Expertise:Experienced in selecting and working with diverse fabrics ranging from supportive materials for shapewear to delicate textiles for lingerie. I excel at optimizing garment fit, comfort, and aesthetic appeal through informed fabric choices and precise construction techniques.📏 Ensuring Quality & Fit:Implement robust quality control methods, including detailed tech packs, thorough fit sessions, and consistent monitoring, to ensure accurate sizing and high-quality standards in mass production. This results in garments that offer superior fit and finish, enhancing customer satisfaction.🎯 Product Development & Merchandising:Manage the entire product development lifecycle, from initial concept to final sample. My responsibilities include collaborating closely with design teams, conducting fit trials, and managing critical paths to ensure timely product launches. I also leverage market insights and customer feedback to develop compelling product lines that resonate with consumers and drive sales.💬 Customer Communication:Skilled in maintaining effective communication with customers and stakeholders, addressing their feedback, and integrating their insights into product development. This ensures that our products meet consumer expectations and adhere to brand standards.👗 Effective Fit Sessions:Lead detailed fit sessions for lingerie and other garments, analyzing live model feedback to refine aspects like support, fit, and comfort. This hands-on approach ensures that each product achieves the desired balance of functionality and style.🌐 Industry Experience:Collaborated with prominent brands such as Speedo, J.CREW and SOMA, contributing to the development of innovative, market-driven products. My ability to blend creative vision with technical expertise results in garments that meet both aesthetic and performance criteria.📊 Continuous Improvement & Merchandising:Committed to enhancing garment technology and product development practices. I focus on merchandising strategies that meet market trends and consumer demands, ensuring that our products are not only high-quality but also commercially viable.
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Retail Assistant (Seasonal)Primark Nov 2023 - Feb 2024Nottingham, England, United Kingdom -
Product Development MerchandiserMas Intimates Jul 2021 - Aug 2023Colombo, Western Province, Sri Lanka• Meet customer expectations by catering to specific development requirements, supporting the commercialization process whilst ensuring accurate and timely management of all critical path activities.• Effectively manage the customer development calendar to meet internal/external deadlines and requirements and work on New Development projects for business growth whilst maintaining cordial relationships with all relevant stakeholders.• Ensure costing, cost re-engineering, BOM, SAP,… Show more • Meet customer expectations by catering to specific development requirements, supporting the commercialization process whilst ensuring accurate and timely management of all critical path activities.• Effectively manage the customer development calendar to meet internal/external deadlines and requirements and work on New Development projects for business growth whilst maintaining cordial relationships with all relevant stakeholders.• Ensure costing, cost re-engineering, BOM, SAP, PLM and salesforce updates are completed promptly and accurately whilst ensuring internal earning aspirations are met to support the achievement of set objectives.• Procure Raw material in the Right quantity, colour and article as per BOM to ensure availability by the plan by Progress follow-up in respect to styles, Replenish shortages, usages, and damage replacements; providing accurate, timely, complete documentation to cross-functional departments about the Purchase Order number, Packing Lists (check for accuracy of the information, usage of correct material), priority clearance lists, Follow up on all payments to Suppliers, Engaging with production plants to discuss risk and Conducting Risk analysis meetings with the customer.• Work with the team to build and maintain effective relationships and clear communication channels to ensure timely coordination/follow-up to meet customer expectations (including visit preparations) within the stipulated timeframes.• Diligently follow through on the below duties to ensure timeliness and accuracy in achieving set objectives; Implementing the T&A, Ontime delivery of Raw Material, Fulfilling PO Quantities/ Ordering Ratio, Planning of Cut dates, Prior warning of delays, providing suggestions for price improvements/ MOQ’s / MCQ’s and Call out to the customer for clarification on Tech packs as and when required. Show less -
Visiting LecturerOpen University Of Sri Lanka May 2022 - Jul 2022Nugegoda, Western Province, Sri Lanka• Conducting lectures, presentations and seminars for students (English medium) • Conducting examination related responsibilities such as assessments setting and marking• Collaborating with other academics and lecturers to improve teaching methods and expand knowledge base• Providing support to students and staying current by reading widely and producing published work in the field -
Product Development TechnologistMas Linea Aqua Aug 2019 - Jun 2021Hanwella, Sri Lanka• Interpret & develop customer specifications in to a perfectly fit garment, prepare costing & construction sheet by engineering the garment & deliver customer expected, production viable, profitable product to meet, delight & exceed the internal & external customer expectation in line with agreed time and action calendar• Offer customer newness, new technology, and new fabrics/liners/trims etc. prior to season start• Create Sample Proto type as per customer requirement by coordinating… Show more • Interpret & develop customer specifications in to a perfectly fit garment, prepare costing & construction sheet by engineering the garment & deliver customer expected, production viable, profitable product to meet, delight & exceed the internal & external customer expectation in line with agreed time and action calendar• Offer customer newness, new technology, and new fabrics/liners/trims etc. prior to season start• Create Sample Proto type as per customer requirement by coordinating with pattern maker, development merchandiser & IE• Prepare costing & construction sheets, identify & propose alternative costing options which are profitable for the organization• Follow up samples in sample room from initial stage to final on time fit approvals in line with planned production start dates & customer calendar• Effective customer communication to clarify issue in line with critical path of production & pass necessary information to relevant departments & sub-contracting plants• Conduct development meeting/Technical meeting/Size set meeting/Pre production meeting internal & sub-contractors/Embellishments supplier meeting Set quality standards for individual operations to ensure the bulk production is as the customer requirement Show less -
In-Plant Trainee (Merchandising)A.P.S. Knitters (Pvt) Ltd, Mar 2018 - Sep 2018Maharagama, Western Province, Sri Lanka
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In-Plant Trainee (Product Development)Paradigm Clothing (Pvt) Ltd Mar 2017 - Sep 2017Dehiwala, Western Province, Sri Lanka
Chathurdhi Wasana Education Details
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First Class Honours -
Physical Stream
Frequently Asked Questions about Chathurdhi Wasana
What is Chathurdhi Wasana's role at the current company?
Chathurdhi Wasana's current role is Product Development | Garment Technology | Merchandising | Womenswear |Textile Manufacture | Lecturing.
What schools did Chathurdhi Wasana attend?
Chathurdhi Wasana attended Open University Of Sri Lanka, Devi Balika Vidyalaya.
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